施耐德CA1 – 照片和视频

这 施耐德 CA 1 (originally named the Schneider CA) was the first French tank, developed during the First World War. The Schneider was inspired by the need to overcome the stalemate of trench warfare which on the Western Front prevailed during most of the Great War. It was designed specifically to open passages for the infantry through barbed wire and then to suppress German machine gun nests. After a first concept by Jacques Quellennec devised in November 1914, the type was developed from May 1915 onwards by engineer Eugène Brillié, paralleling British development of tanks the same year. Colonel Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne in December 1915 began to urge for the formation of French armoured units, leading to an order in February 1916 for four hundred Schneider CA tanks, which were manufactured by SOMUA, a subsidiary of Schneider located in a suburb of Paris, between September 1916 and August 1918.

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施耐德CA1是第一次世界大战期间开发的第一辆法国坦克。它旨在突破敌人的战壕和铁丝网，并用其 75 毫米大炮和两挺机枪支援步兵。该坦克基于改进的霍尔特拖拉机底盘，具有装甲箱状上层建筑。施耐德CA1有六名机组人员，最高时速为8公里/小时。
它于 1917 年 4 月首次用于战斗，但由于机械故障和敌人的火力而损失惨重。尽管存在缺陷，但施耐德CA1为坦克战的发展做出了贡献，并在战争的一些主要战役中发挥了作用。